News / Mister President Andrzej Duda - Best Poland could get. [83]

You are absolutely right Crow. Duda is not good enough, If Poles support him then the country will move towards Eastern Europe and you, the nationalist world of old. If we, the Polish taxpayers, have any sense, then we will vote for a pro west candidate who realises that Poland is in central Europe, not eastern Europe. as Duda would have us believe (and you would be forced to remember that your country is a backwater)

News / Purturbing opinion: Poland is not a woman, it is a drunk, inept guy in depression [30]



PiS are right. Poles haven't murdered or supported the mass murder of anybody, at least since the Middle ages. They want nothing to do with your recent past, so I would forget it.

Work / Esl English Teacher in Szczecin [13]


Yes - sclerosis set in there:) I guess that the OP is trolling - heaven knows why. Actually jon - it is a "training "system, because IELTS builds the students# ability to summarise points (visuals for example) in a succint and "professional way" to mirror real life decisions. That why I always get it confused as a "training" system.

Work / Esl English Teacher in Szczecin [13]

I don't pretend to know anything that other people don't really but after 30 years of making a living in education I must be doing something right. Please enlighten us what those two qualifications mean to you.

TEFL advanced could mean a myriad of things as jon says, as the term is generic (either some foundation course for teaching, or a student course) IELTS is exactly what it says on the tin. An international English language training system. Next problem? Not sure if I can help you with that though.

Work / Esl English Teacher in Szczecin [13]

Mrs S

I have sent a PM with the address of a portal that you can log on to. You would get some enquiries and some ideas from that. Neither of those above are teaching qualifications as such - the second, as you will know, was originally designed for those non-native speakers who wish to carry out their professional lives down-under, in that God-forsaken country of Australia, or New Zealand to be more precise, to prove language competency.

News / Purturbing opinion: Poland is not a woman, it is a drunk, inept guy in depression [30]


My football team is the only English side apart from Liverpool to have retained the European cup. Living that glorious past has meant they forget to live in the present and are nowhere to be seen. That wont happen to Poland, but only if they get shot of these jokers masquerading as politicians pretty sharpish.

Work / Esl English Teacher in Szczecin [13]

In the absence of Delph - the poster who would help you....

1. Register here. Then members can PM you.

2. Register on Polish life tutoring portals.

3. Language schools today generally employ locals and only employ 1 or 2 natives. The reasons are many. Cost is the obvious one. You can always visit their website and cold call them. I get offers all the time from schools. (see 2)

4. You will probably only work in the state sector if you have a pedagogical qual and hold a Masters degree. Though why you would want to.....as you know, Poland will probably never pay its' teachers properly.

5. TEFL a minimum if you want to be taken seriously.

As I said, the poster known as Delphdiomine and others will advise you better than I can. It also depends what type of teaching you want to do. Why restrict yourself to schools (by which I suppose you mean language schools) Do you want to teach schoolchildren, or adults etc (as in, what are you good at?)....for example I concentrate on training off-shore workers and technical/maritime English.

News / Purturbing opinion: Poland is not a woman, it is a drunk, inept guy in depression [30]


Your opinion or a quote? Obviously the latter. Please make this clear - otherwise it's biased reporting. Are you saying that you disagree with the allegory that she puts forward?


That would be the speaker of the Sejm - but you suggested I couldn't speak my mind on that , as I am not a "citizen."

Life / Barking Dogs in Poland [64]

Villagers' ignorance? Yes - I think that covers it.

Law / HELP: ALLEGRO... Do most Polish buyers at allegro.pl use PayPal? [33]


Subjective. I'll stick to my personal experience. I only ever buy from Allegro if I can pay the courier when I have examined the goods. Never before. Thanks.

Law / HELP: ALLEGRO... Do most Polish buyers at allegro.pl use PayPal? [33]


Only ever buy from Allegro by COD ( pay the courier on delivery) Otherwise you are risking your money. Caveat emptor and all that....

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


Wow. Dougpol in agreement with Rich shocker!!

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


A lot more attractive than the Polish athletes.
You started it, so I'll play. And you have no education, otherwise you would realise but by a fate of birth you would have born a dirtbag. Oh wait............you were!

It's crazy that there is all this about a discipline - something that people do to reach a personal best - not a sport - and there was sod all about Poland in the World Cup. Quite pathetic.

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]

Internal politics - your history. I'm not taking sides. Much.

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]


Now now Delph - you are being selective. Please don't tell me that Cieszyn is a tourist town. I used to frequent there every second Friday after college teaching: Tesin is the industrial part of the town as it was historically. It has always been ugly, apart from up by the park. However its' pubs (being Czech) are or at least were far superior to anything Cieszyn has to offer if you like good solid food and drink.'Tis true it has lost its' glamour for zloty earners because as you will know Czech used to be a boozers' paradise, with J&B and other quality whisky for 28 zl a bottle and the exchange rate was a steal.

Those were good days:)

Edit: Absolutely on topic MODS: You don't need me to tell you about the story of Lower Silesia/Tesin - which is one of the most regrettable stories in 20th century Polish history,


Sorry - upper Silesia of course....

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]


Very interesting comments Ziemowit. I used to run a school in Chorzow and the local twang was very Germanic.

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]


Yeah.............So johnny and Mods? WTF? PS. On Topic. I lived in Silesia for 23 years and am entitled to complain about such an important thread being hijacked by a Serb nationalist. And if you want to call that out Johnny, then good luck with that.

Life / How to vote in the Polish elections? [23]


Difficult Crowie. We have a self serving clown where I live who has been in power as long as Putin, (and has made a living out of pretending he is "independent" - aka, he licks every orifice, depending on whose ******* needs a good cleaning at the time) and he is far too comfortable, and has burnt all the city funds on a fecking airport :(

Thinking of voting PIS :) :)

Life / Cost of converting cars in Poland to left-hand drive [58]


Another generation. Communist born rudeness and blind ignorance.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


Agreed. The drunks in my area are actually quite pleasant; they live in some sort of social housing scheme,and though I do wonder why they never work, I generally stop and chat when they make a fuss of my dog, and depending on the vibe of things I will dip into my pocket. Live and let live.

I would cross the street when I spy drunks in the UK.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


Dolno was referring to the local postman, who according to Dolno thought it was funny not to even try to do his job. I was simply saying that I wouldn't let the man get away with it. Would you?

Didn't think so.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


At least I'm not as smug as you Dolno. Not brainwashed either - probably because I know Poland better than you seem to. And I refuse to believe that Brits are living the "good life" down on the Polish farm. There is no way that Brits would put up with retiring to the catholicity and tedium of a western Polish village - obviously you mean those of Polish descent like yourself....... For the rest of us, the entreaties and threats of the local priest to "assimilate"into parish life, or rather, join the congregation, would no doubt end in the newcomer offering to punch him on the snout

And what's more Dolno, sorry that you don't like it, but I have contributed more than enough to have my say in Polish politics - more than you on that score. Employed status ZUS for 7 years, plus 1,400 zl in ZUS a month for 22 years, and employer ZUS for 15, is.........let's see..................that little lot would buy a house of some size in your village.........

So , in the meantime, to reiterate, in case you didn't get it, this Poland that you misguided souls are building is sending you back in time to the past, which is only glorious in children's history books, and those same children will be left to pick up the bill.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


Idiotic post, if I may say so. It might be a game for you, but that joker would get my steel boot up his arse. Then we would see whose laughing. It must be fun living in your village if you're retired, but your scenario wouldn't be so amusing for those of your neighbours who don't have the time for being messed about.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Delph - don't you think those 51 percent state controlled companies will be swallowed up by global players eventually? How can they raise enough capital investment for infrastructure going forward when the state holds them back, under the guise of expansion through diversification - and why should we the taxpayers be held accountable?

Mystified.

Law / Bus ticket fine in Poland (Warsaw) - what if I don't pay the fine? [36]

In Britain it used to be that you got a criminal record if you were caught without a ticket. I guess it's now a spot fine as well, to cut costs. The criminal record bit concentrated the mind though!

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


I know plenty thanks dude. Enough to know that Polish politicians have to make it all about them. British prime ministers stay in Downing Street and quietly congratulate England on their (rare) victories.

That's how to do it. It's called class. You wouldn't know the meaning of the word.


Stick to what you know. poland were a penalty kick away from the semi-finals of the European championship 2 years ago. I have entered "Must learn to pay attention" in the Ironside end of year school report.

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


MODS:

The above two separate posts should not have been merged.

Those two posts are 35 minutes apart. The reference to the goalkeeper (and the goal) are separate from the reference to the kick off.
You are American. Kindly keep your interfering nose out of a sport you clearly know less than **** all about :( You have your ridiculous basketball to follow.

Thanking you in advance.

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


Yes.
The team was not helped of course by the idiotic behaviour of the president, setting up a photo opportunity for himself on a navy ship surrounded by navy brass and shipmates.

Instead of watching the match at home with his family like everybody else, Duda has to turn the drama into some sort of nonsensical patriotic mission.

No pressure there then. :(

News / Poland Sports News [1079]

Here goes. All or nothing. A draw won't really cut the mustard. So let's hope that Nawalka will have Poland actually busting a gut instead of last time, though I fear the heat plays into Columbia's hands.

Oh dear. No chance when you have a very poor goalkeeper......

News / Poland Sports News [1079]


Very funny. Quite pathetic too. Poland were beaten by a stronger team, and they didn't need daddy there to hold their hands and wipe their bottoms. All that ridiculous sideways short passing at 0-2, with 20 minutes to go. They learnt such passivity from the masters.

England.